tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post1599236263060238173..comments2023-06-16T09:13:46.330-05:00Comments on gabbygeezer: Gunnery OverkillDick Kladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11793395712483278104noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-21341976495530792562012-07-10T08:43:09.279-05:002012-07-10T08:43:09.279-05:00Here in the UK no one is allowed to own a firearm ...Here in the UK no one is allowed to own a firearm apart from licensed shotguns (non-automatic) for farmers and the like.<br /><br />Legislation increased in recent years due to the 'knee-jerk' reaction by our government after a number of mass killings.<br /><br />Trouble is ... no one told the 'gangstas' !Big Johnhttp://oldgit.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-87607742021498191412012-07-07T03:22:05.917-05:002012-07-07T03:22:05.917-05:00Thanks for the new blog offering; I enjoyed it as ...Thanks for the new blog offering; I enjoyed it as always. Don't totally agree with all the details in your gun control discussion, but you aren't wanting to "take our guns away" anyway. <br /><br />In my advancing maturity I took up trap shooting and served as president of the local gun club which is primarily a trap club and enjoyed it all very much and wish I'd got into it at a younger age when I probably couldn't afford it! One daughter and a son are much better than I am or ever will be--a great sport.<br /><br />I have a good friend in Fairbanks, retired from the AK DNR, who with his wife is a very active pistol competitor. She holds the distinction of having shot one of the few perfect scores with a .45. Their ownership needs would not be completely possible with some of your restrictions. Neither of them "pack heat" partly I suppose because their pistols are too delicate and valuable to be dragging them around on their hips or on their shoulders.Wayne Nichollsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-84202247630972631502012-07-06T16:34:44.913-05:002012-07-06T16:34:44.913-05:00Good points; people of reason need to stand up and...Good points; people of reason need to stand up and be counted, and find some politicians who will do so also, on this issue. Thansk for the inspiration to revisit this issue.JHawk23http://www.morning-fog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-27445680437515027752012-07-05T02:34:02.455-05:002012-07-05T02:34:02.455-05:00I totally agree with your gun laws. As a young pe...I totally agree with your gun laws. As a young person I was introduced to guns and learned to use a 22, 10 gauge shotgun and shot 1 time an army 45 in possession of a govt. official legally allowed to carry. Those first two type guns I was taught to use with care and was well-informed about safety issues. Also, I had to be able to not only care for them but to clean them properly. There was lots of SAFE target practice, plus no random shooting in the air and any critter dispensing was necessary and for good cause -- not just sport.<br /><br />I have a great deal of respect for guns and a whole lot less for a bunch of nuts who are now being allowed to carry them. I've long been disgusted and concerned with some State's laws, many of the NRA positions, and the latest is this Michigan plan.joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-84926692973727284682012-06-30T01:37:00.366-05:002012-06-30T01:37:00.366-05:00My husband was in the Air Force and he says he rea...My husband was in the Air Force and he says he really couldn't shoot the side of the barn. I'm afraid I AM for stricter gun control laws. In fact, I'm all for banning them. But that's just me.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-41362739291304101742012-06-29T14:06:37.200-05:002012-06-29T14:06:37.200-05:00You sound like my husband David. He shot well for...You sound like my husband David. He shot well for the Army but never picked up a gun after he left it in 1953. Southern boys generlly learned how to shoot as children, but I always hated it when I saw some kid shoot at birds. Terrible practice. Dianneschmidleysscribblins,wordpress.comhttp://schmidleysscribblins.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30802444.post-31207165707606057742012-06-29T08:57:45.819-05:002012-06-29T08:57:45.819-05:00As Jack Reacher, the hero of the Lee Childs thrill...As Jack Reacher, the hero of the Lee Childs thrillers, says: "For a population obsessed with guns, civilian marksmanship is pretty appalling."<br /><br />I think your gun regulations make perfect sense. Let's put you in charge.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611148987085476580noreply@blogger.com